1890.] FROM SOUTH-EASTERN CHINA. 343 



Babbler at Ching-fang, in North Fokien, on the 13th of October, 

 It is most nearly allied to Pomatorhinus eri/throcnemis, from Formosa, 

 which it resembles in its dimensions, but from which it differs in 

 the following particulars : — the crown is brown rather than grey ; 

 the back is chestnut-red rather than chestnut-brown; the breast and 

 belly are pale slate-grey in the centre, and dark slate-grey on the 

 sides, instead of dull white in the centre, and chestnut-brown on the 

 sides ; whilst the thighs are almost entirely slate-grey, instead of 

 chestnut and brown. 



Alcjppe hueti, David, Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. Art. 9 (1874). 



Alcippe annulo ophthalmico albo ; hypochondriis brunneis ; pileo 

 cinereo. 



Two examples collected by Herr Baun, one on the 14th of 

 November at Puching, and the other on the 28th of October at 

 Kien-ning, appear to be distinct fvomJlcippe morrisoni from Formosa, 

 and still more so from Alcippe nipalensis from the Eastern 

 Himalayas. The Fokien species agrees with them in having a 

 conspicuous ring of white feathers round the eye, but differs from 

 both in the colour of the crown and nape, which is slate-grey without 

 any tinge of brown. The lores also differ in having no white 

 bases to the feathers. On the underparts it agrees with the 

 Formosan species in having the throat suffused with grey instead 

 of buff, and with the Himalayan species in having the flanks and 

 under tail-coverts suffused with olive- brown instead of sandy buff. 



The male measures 2-.'5.5 inches in length of wing, and 2-4 in length 

 of tail ; but the female is smaller, measuring only 2'45 inches in 

 length of wing, and 2-15 in length of tail. In both sexes the culmen 

 measures "5 and the tarsus "9. 



The Abbe David appears to have been fully justified in describing 

 the Fokien bird as a distinct species ; though he was subsequently 

 induced to identify it with Alcippe nipalensis (David et Oustalet, 

 Ois. Chine, p. 218), and still more recently other ornithologists have 

 identified it with Alcippe morrisoni (Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 222). 



Liothrix lutea. 



Liothrix ^27eo olivaceo, caudd valde furcatd. 



Two examples of the Red-billed Hill-Tit procured by Herr Baun 

 at Puching, one in May and the other in November, differ from 

 Himalayan examples in various particulars, and cannot be regarded 

 as of the same species. The specific term lutea must be retained 

 for tiie Chinese species, having been originally applied to examples 

 from Nankin (Scopoh, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 96), whilst 

 that of calipyga (Hodgson, Indian Review, 1838, p. 88) will 

 probably be recognized as the name of the Indian species. The 

 Chinese species has a much more forked tail, the otiter feathers 

 being -35 inch longer than the central featlicis, instead of only -15 

 inch. The red patch on the wing is almo t as rich, whilst the red 

 on the outer webs of the two innermost primaries is almost as pale 

 as in Liothrix argentauris. The tertials of the Ciiinesa species are 



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